Corcovado: In Review

Writing live on my P.C.

We are now back at the YWAM base in San Jose after our eight hour ride back from Puerto Jimenez. Corcovado was our first experience in the national parks of Costa Rica, and although we only got to see the outskirts, we got to see some great stuff. We saw one cool python, Monty, who, when we left, still hadn't moved. We saw another snake later, a smaller, brown snake, which I have yet to identify. We then saw a huge ant eater just cruising around looking for ants. We saw a mound of leaf cutting ants take down a small plant in no time. We saw an uncountable amount of wild Macaws and other birds. And to finish it all off, we saw a very violent Pacific thunderstorm, from right in the middle of it. Here is the bad news. When we left for Corcovado, we left behind stuff like laptops and items that we wouldn't need and would only be extra weight. Well, although I packed my camera, I left my memory card in my laptop, which was here in San Jose. So, we captured not one photo of that whole experience. No worries, we will be taking plenty in the days that come ( I will not be making that mistake twice). Also, Corcovado is very heavily photographed, and we actually found pictures of almost the exact area we stayed in. Below are what we saw, although not our photographs, we tried to keep it honest with the closest photos we could find.

This picture is just down the beach from where we stayed.

An almost exact image of the beach at Corcovado from our hammocks.

Wild Macaws, which were everywhere.

This may not be Monty, but it's the right size and features. Considering this was taken at Corcovado, it could actually be him!

An anteater, just like we saw cruising the jungle.

I don't know that i'll ever sleep in a tent again.

In the morning we leave for Santa Cruz. We will be staying with Nayuribe, a Berry graduate and good friend of mine. We will stay for one day, then take a bus to Santa Rosa National Park. We plan on staying out for three or four days on the beaches of the Golden Coast. Don't worry, i'll make sure to get some photos this time! My next posts will be similar to this. I'll write in my journal as I go, then when we get back to somewhere with internet, I'll write all of it down on my laptop and upload them in the order they were written. Until then!